RN--PICU - PRN * - (Job Number: 00056-941)

The Pediatric ICU RN manages the nursing care of critically ill pediatric patients in accordance with established policies, procedures and protocols of the healthcare organization.  The tasks and responsibilities include:

• Cares for infants and children with critical, chronic and multi-system illnesses and injuries.
• Provides professional nursing service based on the basic concepts of growth and development of infants and children.
• Assesses plans and evaluates patient care needs. 
• Carries out physician orders.
• Administers prescribed medications, changes dressings, cleans wounds, monitors vital signs.
• Calculates dosages for and understands the nursing implications of medications used for infants and children.
• Recognizes the uniqueness of pain and pain management in the pediatric population and provides care accordingly.
• Provides family-centered care based on cognitive, psychosocial and developmental considerations for the age of the patient collaborating with families and members of the multidisciplinary team to achieve desired outcomes.
• Provides respiratory and ventilator management and monitoring for patients.
• Serves as the primary coordinator of all disciplines for well coordinated patient care.
• Monitors, records and communicates patient condition as appropriate utilizing computerized documentation systems. 
• Instructs and educates patients and families.
• Assesses and coordinates patient's discharge planning needs with members of the healthcare team.
• Cares for patients at risk for abduction following established prevention procedures.
• Provides age and culturally appropriate care.
• Orients and mentors new staff members.
• Follows Standard Precautions using personal protective equipment as required.

Required Job Qualifications include:

• Current licensure as an RN.
• Current certification as a BLS Healthcare Provided,  ACLS, PALS
• Graduate of an accredited school of professional nursing.
• Customer service abilities including effective listening skills.
• Critical thinking skills, decisive judgment and the ability to work with minimal supervision in a fast paced environment.
• Ability to perform work that requires frequent standing, bending, reaching, squatting, kneeling, moving, lifting of patients and/or equipment up to 50 pounds.